Improvement in gas-apparatus



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J. E. RICHARD.

GAS APPARATUS.

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No. 108.937. Patentd Nov; 1, 1870.

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JEAN ELIE- RICHARD, OF COLUMBIA, .soUTH 'GARORINA, ASSIGNOR T0 HIMSELF AND EUGENE o. PLUMER, or SAME PLACE.

'Letters Patent No. 108,937, dated November 1,' 1870.

IMPRCVEMENT IN GAS-APPARATUS.-

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making puts! the same.

To all whom it army concern Bedtlmown that I, JEAX- Earn RICHARD, of Colnn1bi a,1n the county of Richland and State. of South Figure 3 isa transverse vertical section of the spiral condenser;

Figure 4 is a transverse vertical section of the spiral carbureter; I

Figure 5 is a sectional elevation of .the.whole machine;

Figure 6 is an elevation of the perforated hollow shaft B; and

Figure-7 is a side elevation of the pn'lleyand its ratchet.

The invention has for its object the impregnation of atmospheric air with molecules of gasoline or other hydrocarbon fluid, for the purposeof producing an illuminating-gas. The manner in which this object is sought to be attained is fully described hereinafter.

In the drawinga is a hollow cylinder, of any required dimensions,

made in two-equal. parts, anddivided into two chain'- hers I) and c by a diaphragm, d, placed across the cy inder at the point of junction of its two parts.

The cylinder is provided .with external ears, c,,at each end, through whichgpassrods f, I by which the cylinderis secured in standards-g, said rods being furnished with flanges 7:, against which the cylinder may be pressed, and its two parts forced tog'etherby nuts 1, seated in screw-threads on the rods.

Thecyllnder is intended'to hold the gasoline, the

' same being distributed equally between the two-chambers b and c.

A hollow perforated shaft, B, is mounted lengthwise centrally of the cylinder a, one of its journals entering a box made in one end of the cylinder, and the other journal passing through a st-ufling-boxin the other end of the cylinder, and hearing at the extremity, outside the cylinder, a pinion, j, which gears with a toothed wheel, k, that is fixcd on the end of a horizontal shaft, 7, which is mounted in one of the standards g, and bears on the opposite side of said standard a wi'ndlass, m, that is furnished with a pawl, a, which takes in the teeth of an annular ratchet, o, fixed on the shaft 1.

If the Windlass m be turned forward, the pawl and ratchet effect the rotation of the shaft 1, wheel 7;, and shaft 1;. 1f the wiudlass m be turned backward, the pawl slips over the ratchet and -the shaft 1 docs not rotate.

The rotation of the shaft is effected by a weight, 0, hung at the end of a cord, D, that is wound around the windlass m, and passed overa sheave, p, which is suspendedfrom a hook, q, at the upper end of a rod,

1', that extends upward from the standard 9.

The'windlass is only rotated backward when the cord is to be wound upon it. Such backward rotation-of the windlass is effected by a crank, s, which is pivoted in the end of the pulley at a point outside the center of the same, and bears against a hook, it, also in the end of the Windlass, but immediately comes out of the hook, and ceases to :rotate' the Windlass when turned in the direction opposite to that necessary for winding up the cord.

On the shaft B, within the chamber b, is a condenser,

- figs. 3 and 5, which iscomposed of disks u fixed on the shaft B cOnceutricalIy and spiral blades 4; placed between the disks parallel with the shaft, and forming parallel curved passages 10 leading from the outer ends of the blades to the shaft 15.

The lower part of the condenser is, of course, immersed in gasoline. Into the chamber 1), above the gasolinc, air is admitted through the pipe :1

The condenser paitakes of the rotary motion ofthe shaft B, and, as it 'revolves, air flows through the curved passages '10 fromabove and gasoline from below, and both meet at the shaft, into which they flow through the perforations y.

The chamber 5 inside the shaft conducts the mingled current of air and gasoline through the central partition of the cylinder into the opposite chamber 0. Within this chamber, fixed on the shaft B, is a carbureter, figs. 4 and 5, constructed similarly to the condenser, with disks a and spiral blades b, which are placed atgreater intervals apart than the blades '1: of the condenser, and form curved passages c, which are loosely packed with wool cnhair, a covering of flannel cloth being drawn over the carburetor to keep the packing in place. Into this packing the gasoline flows from the chamber .1 of the shaft, saturating the same, and dripping from the outer ends of the blades b into vessels (1, whichare hun g on radial pins c that project from the disks a, 'and pour their contents over the outer covering of cloth, as they are carried round by the rotating carburetor, as shown in fig. 4, in order to increase the saturation of the same. The air also flows through the passage 0', and becomes thoroughly permeated therein with molecules of gasoline.

On emerging from the I carburetor the air thus charged with illuminating material rises into the upper part ofthe chamber 0, and is drawn olf thence for use through a pipe j". i

The gasoline sinks to the bottom of the chamber 0, and a portion sufficient to supply the place of that drawn on from the. chamber b througlrthe 'shaftd) iilfilll (affine.

On opening the, valve of the tube It and lightingthe gas-jet that thereupon issues from its open end, the flame that follows burns directly against the coil l,

and, consequently, heats the air within the same. By,

this means the cylinder may be supplied with heated air, and thegasoline thus warmed and rendered ti"ac t-' able in' cold weather.- In fig. 5- m'is a pipe opening into the outer end of-t'he chamber c, and provided with a cock at. Inside the cham-v ber c the pipe m is bent into an elbow o'.

The pipe mpasscs through a stufling-box, 1), within which the pipe may be rotated on its longitudinal axis. When it is thus rotated, if the openeud of the elbow o is submerged below the sulface of the .gaso line in the chamber 0, and the cock n' is open, the liquid will flow through the pipem'. I

When the open end of the elbow o is above the surface of the gasoline no liquid will flow-through the pipe m. Thepipes 'ml and o consequently aflord a means of ascertaining the quantity of gasoline in the chamber 0.

The pipe 'm'is furnished with a finger, q, and on the end of the cylinder is inscribed a graduated-register, 1", on which the fingergf marks the quantity. v

The air-pipe a; is furnished with a valve, 3, which prevents any gas that may find its way into the chamber b from escaping. The condenser and carburetor are confined by nuts, pressing them against suitable shoulders on the shalt B.

Having thus described my invention,

That I claim as new,.and desire to secure by Letters Batent, is-- 1. The cylinder a, when divided into the chambers b and c, which are connected by the pipe 9, and combined with the perforated hollow shaft B and the spiral carbureter a 11', substantially as described.-

2. The carbureter a b, pins 0, and suspended roek i'ng-ressels (2, arranged as specified.

r 3. The hollow perforated shaft B, spiral condenser u c,,and carbureter a b, arranged as set forth.

4. The cylinder a,.gas-pipe f, air-pipe z, coil 1, and tube a, all arrangedas explain eda 5. The cylinder 0, elbow m'o, stufling-hoxp', finger q, and register 'r', all arranged as'des'cribod,

JEAN ELIE RICHARD. Witnesses:

M. H. Benny,

W. T. Pnnsn. 

